Friday, June 17, 2016

Lost my Cousin Sharonda Coleman=Singleton and Ms. Sally Jackson.
Just two of the Charleston 9.
It feels like yesterday and it was just a few days ago
49 Beautiful people lost their lives in yet another shooting.
This evil wants to take my breathe away. I am angry, but
yet I forgive. Not because other people need it so badly
or even want it from me, but
because I need to love and live my best life and continue
to be a vehicle of love to anyone and everyone who might
need it. I try so hard to put love on everyday, but sometimes
I forget a sock, or jacket and it only makes me want to try
harder. So easy to hate people. People that don't even care
that you hate them. The best way to get back at them is
for us, you, me is to keep living and loving to the best of
our ability. LOVE always WINS.

ms vee, i love your words, and the image of putting love on like a warm sweater.

myself, i don't think so much in terms of forgiveness; i don't know why that is. i think about action, what can i do to get assault weapons out of our country, to demand equality among us all, to denounce racists and bigots and big mouth donalds? I do my best to be kind and i'm most often willing to take a stand. i respect the opinions of others, but i find i've become more vocal when the stakes are high.

Thank you for sharing, Vanessa. I am truly sorry that such hate and loss touched your life so personally. It has been quite some time that I have even looked at old blog and even longer since I participated in Illustration Friday. Today, I decided to change that and to look to some of my old online friends. Your work was and continues to be so upbeat. It always brightened my day. Thank you for standing strong and not letting the monsters of this world win. Love and peace to you!